Wow sometimes I’m left smarting at how dumb South African white people are.
Bafana Bafana the SA football team have just been hopelessly caned in the African Cup of Nations. Now there are about 44 million people in SA, and about 38 million of these people are black. The overwhelming black majority are crazy about football and have no interest whatsoever in rugby. Football is now at an amazing low and the nation is embarrased, even the president has had a dig at the national side.
If white people really wanted to grow the game of rugby (traditionally a white sport) in SA then NOW would be the perfect time. But instead alas, most whites complain about quotas, the governments lack of support (verging on destruction) of rugby and the effect that these two things have on the National side. Well right now our rugby team is really doing well, as it should, but this is only on the back of participation from less than 10% of the population. If you want the government to spend money and help rugby especially at grassroots you HAVE to obtain a wider involvement across the demographic spectrum of SA. Isn’t that obvious! Money is not heavily invested in Jukskei ‘cos nobody plays the bloody game. Rugby will die in SA slowly but surely if we don’t get the black population involved. The only way to do that is through quotas, by forcing coaches, clubs, unions and backers to go out and develop talent.
Still though, for every one white person you meet who understands in detail the purpose of quotas you meet hundreds who only want to win tomorrows game and don’t want to see a white player sitting on the bench in favour of a black player who is not as good. The majority of these people are NOT rascist they just want to see the best player playing, BUT if a coach is continually forced to play the weaker black player he will surely go out and find/develop/nurture black players who will become the best. That will have a knockon effect all the way down to Under 8 year rugby. Now people, stop complaing and get developing, can you imagine how invincible we will be when 44 million people are rugby mad!
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